There are some really innovative devices avialable for folks when they get things like hurt backs or just need a little extra help to reach or lift stuff. Since a couple of us in our family have had some boo-boos lately, here are some of the devices we really thought helped out a lot:
Evolution of many reaching devices that is now mass produced and available at many places. We often avoid the "As Seen on TV" devices, but have to admit this one far exceeded expectations. It is extremely useful for grabbing items on the floor or up high when your back gets creaky, or you just don't have a step stool. Nice touches: little LED lights up where you are reaching those little suction cups and the Gopher III grabber folds in half.
Another "As Seen on TV" device, which tilts a laptop PC up to an angle where it can be used while you are flat on your back with just a pillow behind your neck and head. This one includes pads for mouse (though newer optical mice don't care anyway) and a fan which runs off the USB connector and keeps those hot laptops reasonably cool. The tilt is indeed a comfortable angle, and using the fan probably saves the plastic from deforming due to high heat from the backside of some laptops.
Yep, "seen on TV", though didn't know it until I went to pick one up at a local hardware store and complete moving some stuff around with the family that I promised we would do ASAP. It makes 50 lb boxes of stuff managable for two, one person need not even bend over!
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Unbelievable Devices for Assisting People!
There are some really innovative devices avialable for folks when they get things like hurt backs or just need a little extra help to reach or lift stuff. Since a couple of us in our family have had some boo-boos lately, here are some of the devices we really thought helped out a lot:Gopher III: Reacher & Grabber for Stuff
Evolution of many reaching devices that is now mass produced and available at many places. We often avoid the "As Seen on TV" devices, but have to admit this one far exceeded expectations. It is extremely useful for grabbing items on the floor or up high when your back gets creaky, or you just don't have a step stool. Nice touches: little LED lights up where you are reaching those little suction cups and the Gopher III grabber folds in half.
My Ultimate Pro Lap Bed Desk: Use your laptop when you should be flat on your back!
Another "As Seen on TV" device, which tilts a laptop PC up to an angle where it can be used while you are flat on your back with just a pillow behind your neck and head. This one includes pads for mouse (though newer optical mice don't care anyway) and a fan which runs off the USB connector and keeps those hot laptops reasonably cool. The tilt is indeed a comfortable angle, and using the fan probably saves the plastic from deforming due to high heat from the backside of some laptops.
Forearm Forklift: Two people safely lift a lot and save backs!
Yep, "seen on TV", though didn't know it until I went to pick one up at a local hardware store and complete moving some stuff around with the family that I promised we would do ASAP. It makes 50 lb boxes of stuff managable for two, one person need not even bend over!
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